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Highway 1, Northwest Territories When we crossed the 60th Parallel at the NWT border, we left the Alberta road system and entered a new highway system for the Northwest Territories. Thus begins Highway 1. The section of Highway 1 between the Alberta border and Enterprise has been designated the NWT Highway of Heroes, in honor […]

Day 4: The Deh Cho Route: Valleyview, Alta – High Level, Alta This route connects Alberta’s Highway 35 with the Mackenzie Highway in the NWT. We came up Highway 43N, then turned onto 35N. When we reached the intersection where we were supposed to turn left to go into Grimshaw, where we would officially start

After much back and forth with Vance and Randy about the route north, we have decided to change our route. We were going to take Hwy 40 from Hinton to Grande Prairie/Peace River, but the road is full of ‘wavy parts’ where the trailer would be bounced around, causing it to be hard to control.

The Trip from Valemount to Hixon today went rather smoothly. It’s always a spectacular sight when you cross the bridge at Tete Jaune and out jumps Mt. Robson. One of the most beautiful drives I have been on is through the Rocky Mountains from Tete Jaune, BC, to Hinton, Alberta. It seems that every time

This blog is about our trip, by truck and travel trailer from Kamloops, B.C. through northern Alberta to the Northwest Territories, up the Alaska Highway to the Yukon, and hopefully to the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk. We left Kamloops at high noon, Sunday, July 7. (Happy Birthday Kayl, Nana & Papa are off to the

February 10, 2015 – Da Lat Countryside We went on a tour of the countryside on the day after the Crazy House Expedition, and the first stop was a Weasel Coffee Factory, complete with coffee weasels.  Apparently, the weasel gets up in the morning, wanders over to its Coffee Dish, and eats as many coffee

February 5, 2015 – Da Lat In and Around Town The road to Da Lat was one of the worst roads for potholes I have ever been on, and it was so twisty and windy that many corners had 3-foot round mirrors on them. The driver honked his horn to warn traffic that the bus

January 31, 2015 – Mui Ne Fairy Stream and Sand Dunes Steve:  We decided to get a look at some more of the local area, so we booked a one-day tour of the major attractions through our hotel.  That gave us one of the most clapped-out jeeps I’ve ever ridden in, plus a driver guaranteed

January 15, 2015 – in and around mui ne. So, here we are in Mui Ne (pronounced Moo Nay), a very pretty strip of hotels and restaurants along one of the better beaches in southern Vietnam. I can’t call this a beach community, as there isn’t one. Community, that is, the beach is definitely there!

January 6, 2015 – The Cu Chi Tunnels and the Water Puppet Theatre Deb: This morning we’re off to the Cu Chi Tunnels (pronounced Goo Chie). These deep underground tunnels have several floors, alleys, and branches, forming a spider’s web of more than 250 kilometers. The tunnels were dug with simple tools and bare hands